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Our limited 7″ vinyl split “In Flames / Shotgun” is available now! We teamed up with Crashfaster to release two songs bringing the melodic 8-bit sounds of the Game Boy to the lovelorn, just in time for Valentine’s Day.

Two years ago, The Glowing Stars released its first demo track “I Know Now” on Valentine’s Day 2011. Here we are again, approaching Valentine’s Day 2013, and we have our last gift to our fans:

The much anticipated Crashfaster / The Glowing Stars limited split 7″ vinyl is finally here! On one side is crashfaster’s newest track “In Flames,” and on the other side will be “Shotgun” by yours truly. The vinyl is extremely limited as only 250 were made, and the vinyl colors are random. The album will be available on Thursday, February 14, 2013 on both the Crashfaster Bandcamp site and The Glowing Stars Bandcamp site for $15 (+$5 shipping in the US). The song will be FREE to download, and will include an LSDJ .sav file of all of our songs for our fellow chiptuners to enjoy.

If you pre-ordered the album, you should be receiving a shipping confirmation next week. Your order will arrive autographed by all members of both Crashfaster and The Glowing Stars.

You can also get the album early this weekend at Rockage 2.0 in San Jose, CA! Crashfaster and Matthew Joseph Payne will be performing and selling the albums. See below for the full schedule:

We’ve got a lot more thank yous to give, and of course the vinyl split single with Crashfaster is yet to come, but for the moment we have just one other piece of business: You can now buy t-shirts, USB flash drive cartridges and posters of the final show flyer at the merch section of our Bandcamp! Check it out: http://theglowingstars.bandcamp.com/merch

Keep in mind that t-shirts and USB carts are VERY limited, and there are already no t-shirts in small. Once they’re gone, they’re gone! If you want to buy anything as a Christmas gift, we should be able to ship domestic orders in time if you order soon, so don’t delay!

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Oh P.S. – I’ve got a bunch of cool things on the horizon as Matthew Joseph Payne! If you haven’t already, come like me on Facebook. There’ll be some new, free music posted very soon…

It’s almost here. For some, this will be their first The Glowing Stars show and their last. For others, this may be their second time seeing us, or their sixteenth. Some people are even flying in from other cities, states and even the other side of the country!

Wherever you’re coming from, we’re forever grateful for your support and look forward to rocking out with you on this final show tomorrow at 8 p.m. Advance tickets are still available at http://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2012/11-08.html , or you can get your tickets at the door for $3 more.

Hey Internet! We’ll be playing a sweet mini-show on Twitch.tv for Week in Geek’s “Bloops and Bleeps” show. Tune in today at 5 p.m. Pacific Time at http://twitch.tv/weekingeek . There’ll be an interview and those in the livechat can also ask questions! Just don’t ask Lizzie if she’ll be getting Halo 4 because that’s a stupid question. 😉

For those in San Francisco, you can attend the show for free at Ocean Beach Studio, 1730 Great Highway at 4 p.m.!

We’re completely honored to be playing our last show on November 8 where it all began: at DNA Lounge in San Francisco. But we’re even more honored to be sharing the stage with The Phenomenauts, Judgement Day and crashfaster! Come out and party with us at the geekiest show of the year! Here are the full details below:

Catch us at The Crepe Place in Santa Cruz on Saturday, September 29. We’ll be playing with Slime Girls and French Cassettes! The show starts at 8PM and is $8 at the door. Don’t forget to get a crepe while you’re there – they’re delicious!

Also, if you’re a fan of local “have PA will travel” rockers BATTLEHOOCH, you may have been in for a surprise when their latest in a series of singles came out on September 3rd. They’ve been playing their song “Joke” for a while–even back when we met them at Maker Faire last year–but in the interim they asked Matt to do an 8-bit remix. “Joke 8-bit (Glowing Stars Remix)” is now unleashed to the world, so go check it out here!